Improvement in cotton ties



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, W.`F. BUCKELEW, of Shreveport, parish of Gaddo, and State of Louisiana, have invented a nemuseful, and'improved Method of Fastening together the Ends of Iron Wire, when the same is used for Baling Cotton, or other like substance; and I do hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in whicl1 Figure 1 represents the two ends ofa wire connected by my method as when in use; 'and Figure 2 the two ends of a Wire prepared by my method in detached form for such connection.

The nature of my invention consists of a preparation of the ends of wire that is to be used for baling cotton, in such manner that a tie or fastening of the same together is at Once expeditiously and securely established Without twisting or` knctting the said ends, as is commonly practised. llhe preparation' is as folioivs, viz: I first point or sharpen both ends of the Wire, the same being cut to a proper length, as seen at a on the drawings. This sharpening may be `done most advantageously, perhaps, by a proper machine or instrument especially constructed for the purpose, just before applying the 'wire as a band to a bale. j The points being sharpened, one end is then bent, as shown at A in bothgures, so as to have the point 6 about four inches long.. The other end is then bent in two directions: first, the point is bent down, as shown at c, at about one inch, or7 at most, one inch and a halt` from the extreme end a, and then againl at B, about four` inches from the first bend, as shown in both figures. The points b and c, as will be seen presently, are intended to be driven into the cotton, whilst the part B O c lies upon the bale in a horizontal direction, or at right angles tO the line-ofthe Wire where it encircles the bale midway between the bend B and the bend leading to the formation of the point o. The wire is countersunk or bent in such manner at C (see iig. l) as to allo'w the crossing lthereof by the part al, Without any upward projection of the same above the plane ol' the .part thus crossed at anyother point than at the crossing. The object of this arrangement is to prevent the breaking of the wire or the displacement thereof by contact with other objects. v

In the application of my invention to practice, the Wire is put around the bale, the part d passed under the end e, and the point is driven into the cotton, The slack is then taken up, the end OZ bent around the point i, the part B Cc Yis passed under the wire d, and the point c is in its turn driven into the cotton.v Fig. 1 illustrates the tie as when thus made. j

What I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- v The point A 67a, in combination with the point e and thebend B C, as and for the purpose set forth.

W. F. BUOKELEW.

Witnesses:

A. B. CHANDLER, Burns R. RHODES. 

